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Mehtaia

Coniferales

Taxonomy
Mehtaia was named by Vishnu-Mittre (1958). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coniferales by Andrews (1970), Lakhanpal et al. (1976) and Chandra and Tewari (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Mehtaia Vishnu-Mittre
1970Mehtaia Andrews
1976Mehtaia Lakhanpal et al.
1991Mehtaia Chandra and Tewari

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomPlantae
phylumSpermatophyta
phylumPinophyta
RankNameAuthor
orderConiferales
genusMehtaiaVishnu-Mittre 1958

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Mehtaia Vishnu-Mittre 1958
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†Mehtaia nipaniensis Vishnu-Mittre 1959
†Mehtaia rajmahalensis Vishnu-Mittre 1958
†Mehtaia santalensis Vishnu-Mittre 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Jurassic or 161.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0India (Jharkhand) M. nipaniensis (229183)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0India (Rajasthan) M. rajmahalensis, M. nipaniensis, M. santalensis (30133)